--- title: But there’s some people that couldn’t be good-natured if they tried,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But there’s some people that couldn’t be good-natured if they tried, and not a bit civiller was the new messenger than the old, and when the king opened the carriage door a second time, it’s shower of mud that came down on him. Who acts: people, bit civiller, king, mud. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, bit civiller, king, mud), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3454:11:109 # text = But there’s some people that couldn’t be good-natured if they tried, and not a bit civiller was the new messenger than the old, and when the king opened the carriage door a second time, it’s shower of mud that came down on him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 natured nature VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 civiller civiller NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 down down ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **nature** | could · passive | | some people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | people | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | a bit civiller | the new messenger | | | | than the old | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | past | the king | the carriage door | | | time | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **come down** | past | mud | | | | | on king; down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/110/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)